I used to ONLY drink 1st growth Premier Cru, top of the wazzer Shiraz and stuff like the extremely over-rated Opus One (was good in the 90's now is just a brand name)

There are plenty of good enough wines in the $20 region if you have tried enough

Kiwi Sauvignon Blancs etc

I am NOT a fan of Zins generally but the stuff I recomended is better than the Ridge and several "NAMES" at $40+ a pop

I have mates here who only drink stuff based on price (theirs being over $100) and trust me a lot of the stuff they buy is crap and they would have been better served buying a nice $50 Cab or Syrah or Chardonnay. I buy better wines they they do and rarely go over $55 a bottle now

@Sticky, did you go to BeerFest? What do you think about the Santa Monica WineFest?

Go with your taste... I used to drink Moselle and rot guts... what you like is what is great mate !

When I was an Air Force cadet we had a weekly contest of who could buy the cheapest drinkable flagon of wine (1 flagon = 1 gallon).......... anyway our best was a $2.29 flagon of Seppelts Riesling....... trouble is the same company sold a 1 gallon of Vinegar for $1.89